Chapter 4: Revelations
"Really?" Jake asked. "Because she looks like my girlfriend Rose."
"Wait a minute." Lucy asked. "Do you know a girl who looks like Miranda and her name's Rose?"
"Yeah. My girlfriend."
"Stay away from her!" Lucy yelled. "She's a slayer!"
"Rose and I already got over it, Mrs. Black." Jake explained. "She doesn't hate dragons anymore. But how do you know… oh, you're Rose's mother and Miranda's her sister?"
"And now you know why Miranda wasn't chosen as the American Dragon despite having powers for quite longer than you did." Lucy replied. "But how did you already know about my daughter being a slayer? And why do you still date her despite knowing the truth?"
"Well, I found out during a ski trip." Jake answered. "I became afraid of staying anywhere near her for a while but now we're working on it."
"Jake, you should break up with her before she finds out you're a dragon." Lucy advised him.
"She already knows." Jake calmly answered, making her even more scared.
"How did she find out?" She asked in horror.
"I told her."
"You told a slayer you're a dragon?" She asked in even more horror. "Are you crazy?"
"Completely." Trixie answered.
"Jake, Rose is a slayer." Lucy pleaded. "You should turn her to the Dragon Council before she slays you."
"Mrs. Black, Rose's your daughter."
"She's a murderer!" She replied. "My only daughter is Miranda. This Rose is a slayer that just looks like Miranda in human form. Sure, Augustus and I briefly had a daughter named Rose but the Huntsclan took her away from us and she's now a slayer."
"What did you say about having another daughter?" Miranda asked in shock as she was just entering her house.
Meanwhile, at the west coast, Rose arrived at Augustus Black's home and was unsure of what to do. Reading his profile, she couldn't associate him with the man she saw in her dream. (The fact her father still had quite a good amount of hair back when she was born doesn't help things) Before she had a chance to make up her mind, Augustus Black showed up. "Miranda?"
"Not exactly, uh, Dad." Rose sheepishly replied while showing her right hand and the dragon-shaped birthmark.
"Rose?" Capt. Black asked in shock. Rose simply nodded. Capt. Black then held her in a hug.
Back at NY
"Do you mean to tell me that, all this time, I had a twin who slays dragons?" A still shocked Miranda asked.
"Unfortunately yes." Miranda's mother answered.
"And that's the real reason I didn't become the American Dragon?"
"Yes."
"And the current American Dragon is someone who betrays our kind by knowingly dating a slayer?" She asked in outrage. "How unfair."
"Rose's on our side now, Miranda." Jake replied.
"You might believe she loves you but slayers don't love anyone." Miranda argued.
"I agree with my daughter, American Dragon." Lucy added. "You should date one of our fellow dragons or at least a human who isn't a slayer."
"Are you trying to set Miranda and Jake together, Mrs. Black?" Spud asked.
"The idea is good but she already has a boyfriend." Lucy answered.
"And, even if I didn't, I'd never date someone who couldn't look at my human form without remembering another girlfriend." Miranda added.
"Well, Miranda, I hope your Dad is more accepting of the relationship." Jake commented.
"Jake, you can't let him into the existence of the Magical World!" Miranda exclaimed.
"Too late, Miranda." Her mother replied. "He already knows."
LINE BREAK – Section 13
"Then, your Huntsmaster told you about me, thinking you'd be indoctrinated enough to stay with them?" Capt. Black asked.
"Yes, Dad." Rose answered.
"Rose, it might be hard for you to do, but I need you to tell me the identities of all slayers you know." He pleaded.
"Dad, don't ask that." Rose replied in an equally pleading tone. "You don't know what they can do."
LINE BREAK – NY
"What?" An even more shocked Miranda Black asked. "My Dad not only knows magic is real but has been on a demon's way for more than one year even before the Dragon Order became aware of said threat?"
"Yes, Miranda." Councillor Kulde answered.
"Do we tell him about me being a dragon?" Miranda asked.
"No!" Councillor Kulde yelled. "We still can't trust him. But I think you should spend some days with him. Then you could spy on him and keep us updated on their demon hunting."
Then the telephone rang and Lucy answered. "Hello?" "Lucy? It's me." "Augustus?" "Yes, Lucy. And I have very good news to tell." "Really? And what's it?" "I can't tell you by phone, Lucy. May I show up at your place tonight?" "Sure, I'll be waiting for you, Augustus. Bye."
"Was it Dad, Mom?" Miranda asked.
"Yes, Miranda." Lucy answered. "He's coming tonight to tell some good news."
"Tonight? From the West Coast?"
"Miranda, I don't want to think about what a high-ranked individual in the Government can do." Her mother replied. "All I know is that I can use this to set you to spy on him."
"Honestly, I don't feel like lying to my Dad." Miranda commented.
"Join the club." Jake muttered in reply. "I've been lying to my Dad ever since I got my powers."
"Either way, Jake, we must leave the Blacks alone for their family reunion." Lao Shi suggested.
That night, when Capt. Augustus Black arrived at the home of his ex-wife, she and her daughter were surprised at who came with him. "A-A-Augustus, is that…?"
"Yes, Lucy." He simply replied. "Our Rose is back. I did right by keeping our hopes at all."
"I see." Lucy replied with a forced smile, unwilling to tell her former husband the real reason he shouldn't look for Rose. "Would you like to get in?"
"Thank you, Lucy." Capt. Black replied and then told Rose. "Let's get in, Rose."
As they entered, Rose couldn't help but notice the hostility from her sister and her mother and understand she deserves it.
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